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valuable indication of the data used by Dr Evans. He has consulted the Liber Landavensis the Valor Ecclesiasticus (1535), and Archbishop Parker's Return (1563) for the diocese of Llandaff made by Bishop Kitchin. He has not used the Fasti of John Le Neve for the Welsh dioceses 1300-1541 (compiled by B Jones in 1965). This would have identified a number of medieval prebendaries and canons of Llandaff among the names listed here. The registers of the archbishops of Canterbury, some of which are in print, would have revealed information arising particularly through sede vacante jurisdiction. The historian will most regret the absence of an index. There are footnotes appended to some of the names but they are tantalisingly incomplete. One difficulty in compiling lists only for the ancient parishes is that the nineteenth century development of parishes as a consequence of industrialisation made nonsense of the integrity of the ancient rural parish. This is a matter that the parish historians will have to put right and Dr .Evans has given them a rich quarry of information with which i^jtofi begin. Some obvious errors should be corrected immediately. The parish of Llanfrechfa Upper (Pontnewydd) has become- confused with that of Llanfrechfa Lower and Canon C K Smith of famous memory appears as vicar. of Llanfrechfa 1937-54. The first archdeacon of Monmouth, William Crawley, is made archdeacon for only eleven years after 1844 when in fact he continued in that office for a further- thirty years. A mere detail in the prospect of eternity. Arthur Edwards Cwmbran Glanmor Williams, The Reformation in Wales. Headstart History Papers, Bangor, 1991. 50pp* ISBN 1 873041 25 X. f3.50 from Headstart History PO Box 41, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 1SB The Headstart > History Papers are a new initiative, aiming, as their General Editor Judith Loades has put it, "to identify themes and topics the significance of which extends beyond the studies of professional historians" and present current work upon them "in a form appropriate to sixth formers, undergraduates and the general reader. As is fitting for an enterprise based in Bangor, one of the first of the Headstart Papers is this admirable essay on the Reformation in Wales from the pen of the scholar who has without doubt, done more to advance our understanding of this subject than any other, Professor Glanmor Williams. Within the compass of thirty-two pages, Professor Williams argues his thesis with economy and clarity, and provides in addition a list of works in